Now there’s a risky word if ever I heard one. The very thought brings up fear, anticipation, joy, annoyance and a whole other bag of words most of us would rather not think about.
Take it a step further, risk is what propels us to move from the spot we are on to the next spot… we risk it all to stay. we risk it all to go. We take a risk every moment of every day, it’s like breathing. Yet, there is so much fear attached to that little four letter word.
When I think of it, Jim Elliot’s famous quote comes to mind: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. “
In finding the exact quote to paste here, I came upon another by Jim that I think is a perfect definition of the word risk. In talking of Stephen, who was martyred- “the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.”
Ok that’s my 5.
Ding.